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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp, 2160 First Ave., MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS 60153 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.

An employee was coming off a snow covered rooftop onto a ship stair/ladder to go into a building when they slipped and fell approximately 18 feet from the ship stair/ladder to the ground. The fall resulted in a broken leg requiring surgery.

Hospitalized Leg(s), unspecified Stairs, steps-outdoors

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An employee was disassembling a gearless machine when their left ring finger was pinched by the machine block, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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An employee was handling a sheave on a rolling cart. The sheave shifted and crushed his left index finger between the cart and the sheave.

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An employee was servicing an elevator when he was caught between the elevator and was hospitalized with injuries to his abdominal area.

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P&C Roofing, Inc.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

Melvin Sipaque

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

All Seasons Roofing & Construction Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

Caterpillar, Inc.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

Advantage Solutions

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

Kencor Elevator Systems, Inc

An employee walked into the chairlift hoist way and the chairlift platform was not there. The employee fell 10-12 feet to the chairlift platform on the first floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp.

An employee was dumping trash into a compactor when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet into the trash compactor. The compactor was not in use at the time. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Otis Elevator Company

Employees were installing components of an elevator from inside the elevator and removed temporary hoisting equipment when the elevator descended from the fourth floor to the pit floor. One employee was hospitalized with fractures to their fibula and a rib, and the other employee was hospitalized with fractures to both feet.

Otis Worldwide Corporation

An employee was standing on the edge of the dumpster while pulling out cribbage. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured elbow and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Burca Elevator & Metal Works, Inc.

An employee was using a magnetic drill to drill a hole on an elevator door. His left glove became entangled with the drill bit, which partially amputated his left thumb below the last knuckle and removed several inches of a tendon. The employee's left middle finger was also severely lacerated. He was hospitalized and received stitches.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.